[MLS: Week 18] Chivas USA and the LA Galaxy both won important Western Conference matches, with Erick “Cubo”
Torres scoring in his fifth consecutive game in a 3-1 defeat of Vancouver. Gyasi Zardes scored the only goal as the Galaxy ran its unbeaten streak to seven games by downing Real Salt Lake,
1-0, at StubHub Center.

Torres scored the winner and Mauro Rosales assisted on all three goals as Chivas USA rallied from a 1-0 deficit and took advantage of a red card given to
Jordan Harvey in the 69th minute.

Gyasi Zardes scored the only goal as the Galaxy ran its unbeaten streak to seven games by downing Real
Salt Lake, 1-0, at StubHub Center. Jamie Penedo made six saves for his second shutout in the last three matches.

PHILLY FIZZLE. The Philadelphia Union’s problem is not scoring goals
– it hit three goals for the fifth time in the last eight games – but it is having trouble making goals stand up.

Colorado rallied from a 3-1 deficit to snag a 3-3 tie at PPL
Park, scoring twice after the Union’s Michael Lahoud departed with a red card. Dillon Powers converted a penalty kick and Deshorn Brown equalized with a stunning strike in
the 86th minute to earn Colorado the point. Conor Casey, Sheanon Williams, Andrew Wenger.scored as the Union built a 3-1 lead despite Dillon Serna equalizing two minutes after Casey’s opener. Wenger’s goal was his first since
April.

RED BULLS TRAMPLE CREW. Thierry Henry played a role in all of New York’s goals in a 4-1 defeat of Columbus at Red Bull Arena.

Henry’s goal just before halftime broke a 1-1 tie and turned out to be the winner. He helped set up Bradley Wright-Phillips to score his 15th goal of the season that gave the
Red Bulls an early lead.Adam Bedell’s goal tied the game late in the first half but Henry’s strike restored the lead, and in the second half
he assisted on goals by Lloyd Sam and Eric Alexander.

MORE PROBLEMS FOR HOUSTON. During a dismal six-game winless streak that included five losses, Dynamo fans probably thought they’d seen every way to lose a
game. Unfortunately, Houston broke new ground by taking a 2-0 lead and then crumbling in a 4-2 defeat.

Brad Davis scored twice in the
first half an hour, assisted both times by Gilles Barnes.TFC’s comeback started in the 39th minute when keeper Tally Hall dropped a ball that Jonathan Osorio banged
into the net, and in the first minute of stoppage time Dominic Oduro finished off the rebound of his own saved shot to tie it up.

Jermain
Defoe hit the winner in the 63rd minute after gliding through the back line and scored a clincher in the final minutes by pouncing on a poor back pass.

Friday ...

D.C. United opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 win at San Jose. Eddie Johnson
and red-hot Luis Silva scored in the first 25 minutes, and goalkeeper Bill Hamid did the rest, making seven saves -- the
last a point-blank stop on Alan Gordon in stoppage time -- to hold off the Earthquakes, who have the worst record in MLS. San Jose's only goal was scored by
Chris Wondolowski in his return from World Cup duty.